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Ethanol, Biodiesel cannot be jet fuels because
Unfortunately, neither of these biofuels (ethanol or biodiesel) can help supply jet fuel, for which energy density and low-temperature fuel properties are critical. Ethanol is not dense enough having only about half the energy per volume of jet fuel. Biodiesel has about 80% the energy density of kerosene, but can solidify at the low temperatures of high altitude flight. - Read More
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Aviation kerosene - how much is used per day?
Today, aviation uses about 5 million barrels a day of jet kerosene. Assume healthy efficiency gains, and you could still see 12 million barrels a day of jet kero on the tarmac in 2030. - Read More
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Kerosene based aviation fuels produced per year
Each year, more than 600 million barrels of kerosene-based fuels are refined from petroleum for the U.S. military and commercial jet fleets.
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Kerosene to JP8
Kerosene, when mixed with minor amounts of fuel additives, is known as JP8 or Jet A, which is suitable for use in jet aviation applications. A competitive advantage of the medium-chain fatty acid-based kerosene production is elimination of an expensive chemical or thermal cracking process, which is otherwise necessary for long-chain fatty acids commonly found in animal fat, vegetable oils, and typical algae oils.
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Kerosene from Algae
Hu and Sommerfeld have identified specific algal strains that produce oil high in concentration of medium-chain fatty acids, which, after deoxygenation treatment, closely mirrors the length of the hydrocarbon chains found in what is commonly called kerosene. - Read More
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